When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and you just know it.
Nicholas SparksMaybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.
Nicholas SparksI am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
Nicholas SparksAll he knew was that they fit somehow, and that he felt as if he spent most of his life traveling a path that led inexorably to her.
Nicholas SparksAfter all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.
Nicholas SparksI don't hate it here," she said automatically. Surprising herself, she realized that as much as she'd been trying to convince herself otherwise, she was telling the truth. "It's just that I don't belong here." He gave her a meloncholy smile. "If it's any consolation, when I was growing up, I didn't feel like I belonged here, either. I dreamed about going to New York. But it's strange, because when I finally escaped this place, I ended up missing it more than I thought I would. There's something about the ocean that just calls to me.
Nicholas Sparks